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We’re very excited here at Christmas Press, as the release date for our second title, Kate Forsyth’s and Fiona McDonald’s Two Selkie Stories from Scotland, approaches. As is fitting, we have two fabulous launches planned for the book: the first in New England on May 10, the second in Sydney on May 21.  Kate and Fiona will be at both launches, to sign books, talk about their beautiful book, and meet you, the readers!

All details for both follow below. Everyone very welcome!

New England:

DATE AND TIME: Saturday May 10, 4pm
VENUE: Granny Fi’s Toy Cupboard, 42 Bridge Street Uralla
Well-known fantasy author Ian Irvine will be launching the book.

Books will be available for purchase, and Kate and Fiona will both be in attendance to sign books. Light refreshments provided. Free event.

For more info:beattiealvarez@gmail.com or contact@christmaspresspicturebooks.com

Sydney:

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday May 21, 6pm
VENUE: Berkelouw Books, Shop 24, 215 Condamine St Balgowlah NSW 2093

Books will be available for purchase, and Kate and Fiona will both be in attendance to sign books. Light refreshments provided. Free event. Info: 02 9948 1133 (Berkelouw Books)

Christmas Press will be represented at the fabulous Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators in Sydney in July–we’ll have a table, come and say hello! And we are proud to be supporting the Conference with this great giveaway–check out all the details here!

This week we visited our printers, Heaneys Performers in Print, at their office and factory up on Queensland’s Gold Coast. It was great to see our forthcoming title, Two Selkie Stories from Scotland, by Kate Forsyth and Fiona McDonald, hot off the press as it were, and being labelled and packed ready for dispatch to our distributors! Nice to meet  Heaneys staff in person too, and really interesting to see the place where it’s all done, from when they receive our digital file to pre-press right up to going into the big printing machine.

The book is out on May 1.

Another very nice review for our launch title!

Here’s a short extract:

Retellings of traditional tales can be very hit and miss, but it is clear Sophie Masson has treated this tale with incredible care – she stays true to the original but her sharp writing ensures it will appeal to children of today. The illustrations are exquisite and well aligned with the text of the story with their old worldly, retro feel. For me a book only works when text and illustrations are in perfect harmony as they are in ‘Two Trickster Tales’, and I very much look forward to seeing David Allan’s future work on Christmas Press publications.

The Australian Curriculum: English has a strong focus on tales from around the world and Two Trickster Tales is a worthy addition to school libraries and classrooms. The audio recording is of a high quality and will be a great resource in classrooms, in giving students exposure to different forms of story.

Enjoy! With music from the audio book edition.

We’ve just made a little introductory clip about Christmas Press and posted it on our You Tube site:

And those great reviews keep coming! Here’s the latest, published on the Aussie Reviews site.

We can reveal the gorgeous final cover for Two Selkie Stories from Scotland!  First page proofs in preparation now. (for an official release of May 1) It’s all very exciting!

We have a very limited stock of 2014 calendars, now selling for $10 plus $7 postage. See Merchandise page.